Understanding philanthropy : its meaning and mission / Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
Main Author: Payton, Robert L.
Other Authors: Moody, Michael P.
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008], ©2008.
Series:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
Subjects:
Charity.
Charities.
Charitable giving.
Humanitarianism.
Physical Description:xiv, 205 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • Introduction: why this book?
  • Voluntary action for the public good
  • Because things go wrong: philanthropy as a response to the human problematic
  • The world can be made better: philanthropy as moral action
  • The social history of the moral imagination
  • Philanthropy, democracy, and the future
  • Notes
  • Suggestions for further reading
  • Index.